An elevator pitch is essentially used to help you gain the interest of people to talk to you when there is only a window of 20 seconds or less to speak – the amount of time you may be in the elevator with the CEO of the company you’re dying to work for or in another similar scenario.
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The mission is to get the contact to responds with “Why don’t you send me your resume?” or something similar like, “Let’s schedule a time to further discuss.”
So, you’re probably wondering, “What makes a good elevator pitch and how can I compose one?”
First off, remember that your mission is simply to get the conversation started. You want to keep it conversational as you point out what value you offer that’s a competitive advantage over other potential candidates and how it may prove to be beneficial experience in helping to solve a problem for the employer.

An elevator speech (ES) is becoming an important item in the toolkit of most people. It doesn’t matter if you are a job seeker, business person, or gainfully employed professional, you need a powerful elevator speech (ES) to extend and support your personal brand.
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What you say and how you say it are equal parts to delivering an ES that will either cause people to take notice of you or go to sleep.

More and more business owners and job seekers are catching on to the idea and necessity of having a great, impactful elevator speech. After all of the thought and time creating them and practicing them, many people want to get more use out of them than simply waiting to meet someone new. Re-purposing your elevator speech and extending your personal brand is a great idea.
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Here are some great uses for your elevator speech:

What's your 30-second resume? Remember the adage about having an “elevator speech” or an “elevator pitch" when you're networking? Same concept here.
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In today’s highly interwoven social networks, it’s very possible you will run into people with whom you may want to share your job search plans. Given your interaction is likely to take place on the “fly.” It’s a great idea to have a 30-second resume ready to go – and, by ready to go, I mean well-thought-out and well-articulated, but not so rote as to be awkward like you are reading from a script.
With that in mind, the same “rules” of the job search apply: